#1 reason I think I'd be a pretty good ultra runner, I'm a complete idiot. No offense Ultra runners. 1 year ago I posted on my blog that I should go get a cordisone shot in my hip, well I finally got one yesterday. He put in a local pain reliever shot first, and then the steroid. He said if the pain reliever worked within 6 hours that meant the diagnosis was correct and then it was just a matter of whether or not he got the cordisone in the correct spot. Almost miraculously about 3 hours later I was completely pain free, it was almost strange, the first time my hip hadn't hurt in over 1 year. So I planed to go on a nice run this morning. This morning I woke up waited for the first sign of light and slipped on my fancy new Minimus trail shoes and off I went. Hip was a little tender, but runnable for sure. Got done with my run about 7:30 and then at 9:00 I headed down to the elementary school, my wife signed me up to volunteer for the school Try-athlon. I got placed on the running course. Perfect!! I decided my job would be pacer/cheerleader/fallen kid med support for 30 different classes, Preschool - 6th grade. The course was around the Baseball and Soccer field, I ran a lap and measured it at .14 miles per loop, each class minus the Pre-School and Kindergarden ran for 10 minutes each, goal was to see how many laps they could do in the allotted time. 2 kids did 10 laps, I added a special fasted 1st lap prize, Fastest first lap was 37 seconds by a 6th grader, 42 seconds was the fastest girl time, she was in 5th. I started out with every class, and was also the official timer, so I stopped somewhere in the final lap so I could pull the kids off the course and stop the clock, so I had about 2-3 minutes rest after every 4 loops average due to the 5 minutes on the smaller kids. My goal at first was to run 30 laps for an extra 4 miles or so for the day, well I got a little over zealous and kind of went nuts. At lap 58 I took a 30 minute lunch break, went home and changed out of my jeans and into proper running clothes. After lunch got to 100 laps, and then the very next class was my oldest kid, so I of course had to run with him, Well then I was at 107 laps, did the math and realized 115 would give me about 16 miles, and a full marathon for the day. So I of course had to do it. Anyway, a very un-conventional 26 miles run, but excellent Ultra training, I was pretty much on my feet for 7 hours straight, mostly running. I have no way to actually know real time or pace since my Garmin Battery died at around 20 laps. But 26.3 miles on 100% gravel or grass for the day. I would almost put this in a catagory nuttier than my treadmill marathon, especially since I just started running normal again, well today!!!
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